History Main / RememberTheAlamo

* On February 24, 2022, at the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the border garrison on Snake Island were instructed by a Russian warship to surrender or they would be fired upon. The Ukrainian response was "Russian warship, go fuck yourself." The garrison was killed, and within hours, their last words went viral throughout Ukraine and for the country's supporters around the world.

* A particularly grim example during the Indian Mutiny of 1857 was the battle cry of "Remember Cawnpore". The [[UsefulNotes/KiplingsFinest British East India Company garrison]] at Cawnpore (now Kanpur) under General Wheeler surrendered to Indian rebels under Nana Sahib on the explicit promise that they would be granted safe passage to Allahabad. Sahib promptly reneged on this promise and massacred virtually all of the British force as they tried to leave the city. More horrific, however, was the subsequent massacre of [[KillEmAll several hundred women and children]] at the Bibighar in Cawnpore; when rebel Sepoy troops protested at being ordered to kill women and children, Sahib's advisors simply hired local butchers to finish the job with cleavers and dump the corpses in a well. The massacre outraged many Indians who would otherwise have supported Sahib (it's said the women of his household went on hunger strike in protest), and provoked a series of [[RoaringRampageofRevenge extremely [[CrushingThePopulace brutal]] [[DisproportionateRetribution reprisals]] from the British.

* A particularly grim example during the Indian Mutiny of 1857 was the battle cry of "Remember Cawnpore". The [[UsefulNotes/KiplingsFinest British East India Company garrison]] at Cawnpore (now Kanpur) under General Wheeler surrendered to Indian rebels under Nana Sahib on the explicit promise that they would be granted safe passage to Allahabad. Sahib promptly reneged on this promise and massacred virtually all of the British force as they tried to leave the city. More horrific, however, was the subsequent massacre of [[KillEmAll several hundred women and children]] at the Bibighar in Cawnpore; when rebel Sepoy troops protested at being ordered to kill women and children, Sahib's advisors simply hired local butchers to finish the job with cleavers and dump the corpses in a well. The massacre outraged many Indians who would otherwise have supported Sahib (it's said the women of his household went on hunger strike in protest), and provoked a series of [[RoaringRampageofRevenge extremely brutal]] [[DisproportionateRetribution reprisals]] from the British.

ALongTimeAgoInAGalaxyFarFarAway (well, actually Texas in 1836) roughly two hundred colonists [[LastStand stood their ground]] against an entire army (the Mexican one, that is) and did so for almost two straight weeks, [[KillEmAll until every defender was killed.]] William Travis, James Bowie, and UsefulNotes/DavyCrockett were the three men who orchestrated their defense against the ensuing onslaught of Santa Anna and his men, and since then The Alamo has been a nationally revered moment of American bravery for the entire country, but especially the people of UsefulNotes/{{Texas}}, who [[EverythingIsBiggerInTexas tend to exaggerate the scale of the conflict]]. (What's not brought up as often is that they were also doing it so [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil independent Texas could own slaves]].[[note]]However, unlike, say [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar the American Civil War]], there were legitimately a lot of other issues prompting the revolution. Arguably the biggest was Texas's great distance from the capital Mexico City and the growing distrust of the Mexican government. Most of Mexico's northern territories attempted to secede at around the same time, but only Texas's revolution succeeded.[[/note]])

ALongTimeAgoInAGalaxyFarFarAway (well, actually Texas in 1836) roughly two hundred colonists [[LastStand stood their ground]] against an entire army (the Mexican one, that is) and did so for almost two straight weeks, [[KillEmAll until every defender was killed.]] William Travis, James Bowie, and UsefulNotes/DavyCrockett were the three men who orchestrated their defense against the ensuing onslaught of Santa Anna and his men, and since then The Alamo has been a nationally revered moment of American bravery for the entire country, but mostly [[EverythingIsBigInTexas Texas]]. (What's not brought up as often is that they were also doing it so [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil independent Texas could own slaves]].[[note]]However, unlike, say [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar the American Civil War]], there were legitimately a lot of other issues prompting the revolution. Arguably the number one was Texas's great distance from the capital Mexico City and the growing distrust of the Mexican government. It's telling that most of Mexico's northern territories attempted to secede at around the same time, but only Texas's revolution succeeded.[[/note]])

** Before Alderaan, in ''Film/RogueOne'': one of the Rebel Alliance Soldiers during the Battle of Scarif at the end of the film used "'''FOR JEDHA!'''" as a war-cry. [[note]]Jedha was the first planet targeted by the Death Star as a test of the stations' [[WaveMotionGun Superlaser]] at only 10% of it's total power.[[/note]]

* From ''Film/{{Dune}}'': Taqwa!

-->-- '''''Discworld/ThiefOfTime'''''

ALongTimeAgoInAGalaxyFarFarAway (well, actually Texas in 1836) roughly two hundred colonists [[LastStand stood their ground]] against an entire army (the Mexican one, that is) and did so for almost two straight weeks, [[KillEmAll until every defender was killed.]] William Travis, James Bowie, and UsefulNotes/DavyCrockett were the three men who orchestrated their defense against the ensuing onslaught of Santa Anna and his men, and since then The Alamo has been a nationally revered moment of American bravery for the entire country, but mostly [[EverythingIsBigInTexas Texas]]. (What's not brought up as often is that they were also doing it so [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil independent Texas could own slaves]].[[note]]However, unlike, say the American civil war, there were legitimately a lot of other issues prompting the revolution. Arguably the number one was Texas's great distance from the capital and the growing distrust of the Mexican government. It's telling that most of Mexico's northern territories attempted to secede at around the same time, but only Texas's revolution succeeded.[[/note]])

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* The name of the Sons of Korhal resistance group in ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'' recalls a planet [[OrbitalBorbardment nuked from orbit]] by the Confederacy they fight again. Their leader, Arcturus Mengsk, is quite fond of pointing out the millions of people killed in his speeches decrying the old regime. (To the point that one of his allies snidely asks if that's "[[HeWhoFightsMonsters a target number]]". [[FalseReassurance It isn't]] -- [[KillEmAll Mengsk has his sights set way higher]].)
* One of the common rallying cries of the Third Street Saints in ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'' is "Take back the Row!", referencing their ousting from the eponymous Saints Row neighborhood of Stilwater following the DownerEnding of ''VideoGame/SaintsRow1''. Indeed, the Saints' original hood is occupied by the [[MegaCorp Ultor Corporation]] until the end of the game, and is only reclaimed in-between games two and [[VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird three]] when the Saints merge with Ultor.

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ALongTimeAgoInAGalaxyFarFarAway (well, actually Texas in 1836) roughly two hundred colonialists [[LastStand stood their ground]] against an entire army (the Mexican one, that is) and did so for almost two straight weeks, [[KillEmAll until every defender was killed.]] William Travis, James Bowie, and UsefulNotes/DavyCrockett were the three men who orchestrated their defense against the ensuing onslaught of Santa Anna and his men, and since then The Alamo has been a nationally revered moment of American bravery for the entire country, but mostly [[EverythingIsBigInTexas Texas]]. (What's not brought up as often is that they were also doing it so [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil independent Texas could own slaves]].[[note]]However, unlike, say the American civil war, there were legitimately a lot of other issues prompting the revolution. Arguably the number one was Texas's far proximity from the capital and the growing distrust of the Mexican government. It's telling that most of Mexico's northern territories attempted to succeed at around the same time, but only Texas's revolution succeeded.[[/note]])

ALongTimeAgoInAGalaxyFarFarAway (well, actually Texas in 1836) roughly two hundred colonialists [[LastStand stood their ground]] against an entire army (the Mexican one, that is) and did so for almost two straight weeks, [[KillEmAll until every defender was killed.]] William Travis, James Bowie, and UsefulNotes/DavyCrockett were the three men who orchestrated their defense against the ensuing onslaught of Santa Anna and his men, and since then The Alamo has been a nationally revered moment of American bravery for the entire country, but mostly [[EverythingIsBigInTexas Texas]]. (What's not brought up as often is that they were also doing it so [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil independent Texas could own slaves]].[[note]]However, unlike, say the American civil war, there were legitimately a lot of other issues prompting the succession. Arguably the number one was Texas's far proximity from the capital and the growing distrust of the Mexican government. It's telling that most of Mexico's northern territories attempted to succeed at around the same time, but only Texas's revolution succeeded.[[/note]])

ALongTimeAgoInAGalaxyFarFarAway (well, actually Texas in 1836) roughly two hundred colonialists [[LastStand stood their ground]] against an entire army (the Mexican one, that is) and did so for almost two straight weeks, [[KillEmAll until every defender was killed.]] William Travis, James Bowie, and UsefulNotes/DavyCrockett were the three men who orchestrated their defense against the ensuing onslaught of Santa Anna and his men, and since then The Alamo has been a nationally revered moment of American bravery for the entire country, but mostly [[EverythingIsBigInTexas Texas]]. (What's not brought up as often is that they were also doing it so [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil independent Texas could own slaves]].)

** Before Alderaan, in ''Film/RogueOne'': one of the Rebel Alliance Soldiers during the Battle of Scarif at the end of the film used "'''FOR JEDHA!'''" [[note]]Jedha was the first planet targeted by the Death Star as a test of the stations' [[WaveMotionGun Superlaser]] at only 10% of it's total power.[[/note]] as a warcry.

* From Website/{{Snopes}}, an example from TheWarOnTerror: [[http://www.snopes.com/photos/military/remember.asp 9-11 We Remember]].
** "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let%27s_roll! Let's roll!]]", which Todd Beamer famously said when he and other passengers on United Airlines Flight 93 enacted their plan to fight back against the hijackers. Their attempt to storm the cockpit led to the hijackers crashing the plane into the ground near Shanksville, PA without reaching their target, killing all on board. Beamer's words have been used to immortalize the HeroicSacrifice of Flight 93.

** Since 2018, the FBI has a mandatory field trip and training at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum for those becoming new agents.
* The American Revolution: "Give 'em Tarleton's Quarter!", meaning essentially "[[LeaveNoSurvivors take no prisoners]]." This was a reprisal for the killing of continental troops asking for quarter by loyalist soldiers serving under [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banastre_Tarleton Banastre Tarleton]], though the reason the loyalists continued to attack may be because Tarleton's horse was shot out from under him by musket fire, giving the impression that the continentals [[ISurrenderSuckers fired while claiming to surrender]].

* In FanFic/AThinVeneer, the OddNameOut among the Gorn ships is the ''GCF Fires of Regulus'', named after the incident that brought the [[StarTrek Federation, Klingons and Gorn]] into the [[Series/BabylonFive Earth-Minbari War]]. A group of Minbari destroyed the Federation's colony of Regulus, killing over twenty-five million sentients, including one of the leaders of the Gorn.

ALongTimeAgoInAGalaxyFarFarAway (well, actually Texas in 1836) roughly two hundred colonialists [[LastStand stood their ground]] against an entire army (the Mexican one, that is) and did so for almost two straight weeks, [[KillEmAll until every defender was killed.]] William Travis, James Bowie, and UsefulNotes/DavyCrockett were the three men who orchestrated their defense against the ensuing onslaught of Santa Anna and his men, and since then The Alamo has been a nationally revered moment of American bravery for the entire country, but mostly [[EverythingIsBigInTexas Texas]].

** "Remember where it all began. Remember Reach!"

** "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let%27s_roll! Let's roll!]]", which Todd Beamer said when the passengers of flight 93 rose up against the hijackers.
** NEVER FORGET.
** The Port Authority Police Department uses a shoulder patch depicting the Twin Towers and "37", the number of officers who were killed in the attack.
** The NYPD Counterterrorism Bureau uses a similar patch incorporating the WTC and the Pentagon.

** "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let%27s_roll! Let's roll!]]", the phrase Todd Beamer gave when the passengers of flight 93 revolted against the hijackers.

** The NYPD Counterterrorism Bureau uses a similar patch.

** Another WarOnTerror example: "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let%27s_roll! Let's roll!]]".

* "Remember Pearl Harbor!". The Japanese attack on the military base at Pearl Harbor, on December 7, 1941, [[WakingTheSleepingGiant prompted the USA's entry into WWII]]. Japan did not declare war on the United States until long after the attack--even the notice that came well after the attack was not a declaration of war, but a long-winded expression that further negotiations over America's oil embargo against Japan were futile. While certain officials in Roosevelt's administration wanted the president to thoroughly and definitively indict the Japanese government for its deplorable actions and blatant violations of even the most basic international laws and customs in his address to Congress the following day, Roosevelt himself decided to turn the address into a shorter speech that would better invoke this trope in the American public.